I know Fisker is doing something similar by offering something similar with their EcoChic package. (The leather thing in the Ecochic is meaningless, you can have a chemically nasty process and use 90% of the leather, or have a chemically benign process and use 50% of the leather)
I think Tesla has an opportunity to 1-up all the car manufacturers by getting their materials from the most sustainable sources or sources that have the least environmental impact. (Obviously the batteries and their touch screen are single sourced so we would have to leave those out)
As an example:
Aluminum used in the frame- Is it virgin aluminum or recycled? and are they sourcing it from the most environmentally friendly source while maintaining specs
Same thing with the steel, leather, plastic, carpets, trim pieces, etc, etc.
They have a good start point as being a pure EV company, but I would like them to audit their suppliers for energy/process efficiency and have that as a factor when choosing their suppliers.
Personally, I would not mind paying an extra few hundred dollars to know that my car from the ground up is made in the most environmentally friendly way possible
I think Tesla has an opportunity to 1-up all the car manufacturers by getting their materials from the most sustainable sources or sources that have the least environmental impact. (Obviously the batteries and their touch screen are single sourced so we would have to leave those out)
As an example:
Aluminum used in the frame- Is it virgin aluminum or recycled? and are they sourcing it from the most environmentally friendly source while maintaining specs
Same thing with the steel, leather, plastic, carpets, trim pieces, etc, etc.
They have a good start point as being a pure EV company, but I would like them to audit their suppliers for energy/process efficiency and have that as a factor when choosing their suppliers.
Personally, I would not mind paying an extra few hundred dollars to know that my car from the ground up is made in the most environmentally friendly way possible